Adjustable leg for furniture



(No Model.)

I; WOOD.

ADJUSTABLE LEG FOR FURNITURE.

No. 269,365. Patented Dec. 19, 1882;

7 W6 rjrm/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIG WOOD, OF MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE LEG FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,365, dated December19, 1882. Application filed August 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FREDERIC W001), of

-Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, haveinvented an Improvement in Adjustable Legs for Furniture, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Casters have been combined with a screwsteln running into the lower endof the table or chair leg, so as to be adjustable, to cause the legs totake an even bearing upon the floor, and billiard and other tables havebeenprovided with adjusting-screws for leveling the table andcompensating inequality in the floor.

My present invention is for covering up the screw and obtaining therequired adjustment without marring the appearance of the leg.

In the drawings, Figure l is a section of the adjusting-screw andcylinder. Fig. 2 is a seellOl] with the parts inverted in position, andFig. 3 shows a caster added to the screw adjustment.

(t represents the lower end of the leg of the table, chair, or otherpiece of furniture to which my improvement is applied.

bis the adjusting-screw, and e is an ornamental ca-se surrounding thescrew and concealing it from view. This case is connected at one end tothe screw by the head-piece (I, so that the screw and head can berevolved by grasping the case and rotating it.

In Fig. l the screw b passes into the footblockf, which latter restsupon the floor. In Figs. 2 and 3 the screw 1) passes up into the leg a,and the head-piece d is down ward. in either case the adjustment is madeby grasp- .ing the case 0 and revolving it and the screw until therequired bearing on the floor is obtained. In. Fig. 2 the head-piece (Zis to rest upon the floor. In Fig. 3 a caster is shown as pivoted to thelower end of the case at the center of the head-piece d.

I prefer to connect the head-piece (l by a cen tral pivot, h, to theferrule or plate k, that surrounds the lower end of the leg or, as seenin.

Fig. 1, so that the case and head-piece can be revolved below the lowerend of the leg. and the foot-blockf, resting upon the floor, will remainstationary, or can he held while the case and the screw are beingrevolved to adjust the length of the leg, as aforesaid.

The surface of the case can be made more or less ornamental. It the caseis made of the same wood as the leg, the adjustment will not benoticeable, and the leg will appear to he of an' ordinary character, ornearly so, and this adjustment is very cheap and easily applied.

I do not claim a screw, nor a separate cup, nor bearing-disk, as thesehave been used. My case and screw are either in one or permanentlyconnected together by the head-piece, and the cylindrical portion withinthe ease forms the nut for the screw, thus rendering the parts simple,strong, and inexpensive.

I claim as my invention- 1. The screw 1), head-piece d, and case a, allpermanently connected together, in combination with the foot-block ortable-leg passing into the case and receiving the screw, substan tiallyas set forth. a

2. The screw 1), head-piece d, and case a, all permanently connectedtogether, in combination with the leg and with the caster upon a pivotin the center of the head-piece (7, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 26th day of July, A. D. 1882.

Gno. T. PINCKNEY, Guns. H. SMITH.

